@iynur milk in this case is the object of "drink," in that in names the thing being drunk rather than just describing the drinking. It answers the "drink what?" Modifiers as we have seen by contrast are just describing which is why they are unnecessary for a cohesive sentence.
feel like for the last example, predicate could be even broken down more to "the cat drinks milk", whether the cat likes or dislikes to drink or wants to do the action (drinking). likes or dislikes feels like a modifier instead of being part of the main predicate.
@yesterdayseeker "Likes" is the third person singular conjugated form that agrees with the subject "cat". "To drink" is an unconjugated infinitive. I like where your head is at but I think that changing the conjugation would therefore be changing the meaning of the sentence itself. I think the better way to break the predicate down would be just "The cat likes milk."
Shouldnt the last one be "the cat likes to drink"? Saying "drinks milk" would be more specific and adding information that would come with the questions like "what does the cat like to drink?"
if any of you guys have read "the loophole," this reminds me of the translations. grammar has never been a strong suit of mine and it's a different approach to what we're learning here. i also could be completely wrong on the point of this section LOL
@JacksonHolt In this case, "milk" is an object, which is part of the predicate. It doesn't directly modify anything, so much as "answer a question" indirectly posed by the verb (either receiving or being affected by the action).
In your example, "the cat like(s) to drink milk," The subject and verb together ("the cat likes to drink") form a complete sentence, but it really only makes sense because we understand "likes to drink" figuratively as "likes to drink alcohol." We may be concerned for the cat's mental health and wellbeing.
Taken literally, "the cat likes to drink" needs to answer a question to get its barebones point across. What does the cat like to drink? Milk.
If you can answer a question about the basic subject-verb phrase in that way with a noun (or noun phrase) in the sentence, it's an object.
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I'd read it wrong and thought it said the cat was murdered
why isn't it the cat likes milk
@WeepingWillow because the verb is also drinking. The cat doesn’t just like milk, it likes to drink milk.
why wouldn't milk be a modifer of "likes to drink"?
@iynur milk in this case is the object of "drink," in that in names the thing being drunk rather than just describing the drinking. It answers the "drink what?" Modifiers as we have seen by contrast are just describing which is why they are unnecessary for a cohesive sentence.
Ngl, I thought the sentence went, "The attempts sabotage the vote". Sigh...
this is the worst lesson ever. i learned nothing cuz my brain hurts ;( SOBBING
I can see how this could easily get outta hand!!!
feel like for the last example, predicate could be even broken down more to "the cat drinks milk", whether the cat likes or dislikes to drink or wants to do the action (drinking). likes or dislikes feels like a modifier instead of being part of the main predicate.
@yesterdayseeker "Likes" is the third person singular conjugated form that agrees with the subject "cat". "To drink" is an unconjugated infinitive. I like where your head is at but I think that changing the conjugation would therefore be changing the meaning of the sentence itself. I think the better way to break the predicate down would be just "The cat likes milk."
can someone explain why it is simply not "cat likes milk" in the last example?
@mostxareyallyarezthusmostxarez I think it should also be that. The infinitive "to drink" seems like it modifies the conjugated "likes"
I was a little off with all of these but number 3 really tripped me up. However, after going through the video, I was like, “Ah, I can see that.”
I need to go from “I can see that” to “I knew that” though 😭 ugh
i thought film was the predicate oopsies
I thought it was just the cat likes milk. but I guess likes is not a modifier? Its core part of the predicate?
bruh
This made my brain hurt haha
fam like what
@YanjananiMwape LMAO nah fr
This lesson of modifiers has me questioning so much of myself 🤦🏾♂️ 🤦🏾♂️ 🤦🏾♂️ 🤦🏾♂️
Shouldnt the last one be "the cat likes to drink"? Saying "drinks milk" would be more specific and adding information that would come with the questions like "what does the cat like to drink?"
@GDatria715 ^^
this lesson is hard lol anyone else struggling?
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Forget Scorsese. I'm going to pitch Christopher Nolan an idea for Inception 2 ;)
His cat wears pants??!!
@anthony243! 😁 lol
Yeah this lesson is really not clocking for me
if any of you guys have read "the loophole," this reminds me of the translations. grammar has never been a strong suit of mine and it's a different approach to what we're learning here. i also could be completely wrong on the point of this section LOL
@jmcconnell1 Agreed! I have that book as well, and I instantly thought of translations. This is all about skill in understanding stimuli.
Modifierception
why isn't milk a modifier, for example the cat like to drink. Then the cat likes to drink what--- Milk. What kind of milk and so on
@JacksonHolt In this case, "milk" is an object, which is part of the predicate. It doesn't directly modify anything, so much as "answer a question" indirectly posed by the verb (either receiving or being affected by the action).
In your example, "the cat like(s) to drink milk," The subject and verb together ("the cat likes to drink") form a complete sentence, but it really only makes sense because we understand "likes to drink" figuratively as "likes to drink alcohol." We may be concerned for the cat's mental health and wellbeing.
Taken literally, "the cat likes to drink" needs to answer a question to get its barebones point across. What does the cat like to drink? Milk.
If you can answer a question about the basic subject-verb phrase in that way with a noun (or noun phrase) in the sentence, it's an object.
@DocRieux Could we conclude "to drink" cannot be the object, because in this sentence drink is being used as a verb rather than a noun?
Got it all right!